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46 RADIO TELEVISION. THE RECORD JUNE 8, 2001. GO! Kerr takes a hike; about a country mile Longtime on-air personality Jim Kerr is hitting the road. "New Country Y-107" has terminated the contracts of Kerr, sidekick Karen Stewart, and afternoon drive host and program director Larry Big City Radio, WYNY-FM's (107.1) parent company, cited "economic reasons" for the layoffs. Kerr has worked the 6 to 10 RADIO WAVES a.m.

weekday shift at WYNY since May 1998. He previously worked for WQCD-FM (101.9), WMXV-FM (105.1), WYNY-FM (103.5), and WPLJ-FM (95.5). Ray Rossi, who handled the midday show, will take over in the morning. Eric James will replace Rossi in the midday slot. Marty Mitchell will assume Bear's two positions.

Stewart, who began maternity leave last week, will not be replaced. Raymond A. Edel WDHA-FM (105.5) is searching for a Big Greasy deejay. OK, maybe not that big and maybe not that greasy. The Dover-based station needs a partner for "Big Greasy Breakfast" morning-show host Rob Moorhead.

Jen Fogarty, Moorhead's former partner, recently left the show because of a heavy work schedule. WDHA is looking to fill the position with a "regular guy or gal." Interested candidates can submit information at www.wdhafm.com. Applicants should be early risers. The show airs 5:30 to 10 a.m. weekdays.

WFUV-FM (90.7) is bringing its music format to the World Trade Center in Manhattan. "Americana" artists are slated to perform at the Austin J. Tobin Plaza 6 p.m. Wednesdays beginning NRBQ on June 27. The schedule: July 4, Phil Roy, Continental Drifters; July 11, Freedy Johnston, Jill Sobule; July 18, Lucy Kaplansky, Jeb Loy Nichols; July 25, Joe Flood, Laura Cantrell; Aug.

1, Luna; Aug. 8, Susan Werner, Ellis Paul; Aug. 15, Erin McKeown, Nerissa and Katryna Nields; Aug. 22, Janis Ian; Aug. 29, Mark Geary, John Gorka.

Information: (718) 855-7882. In preparation for Saturday's Belmont Stakes, WFAN-AM's (660) Mike and the Mad Dog will broadcast live from 1 to 6:30 p.m. today at Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. At 7:05 tonight, WFAN will kick off its Topps Minor League Summer tour with a stop at the Jersey Elmira Pioneers game at Yogi Berra Stadium, Little -Falls. The WFAN van will be on hand, chock-full of freebies.

STATION BREAKS: WAXQ-FM's (104.3) "The Rock 'n Roll Road Show With Gerry Martire" is scheduled to broadcast live 3 to 7 p.m. today from the Volunteer Jam, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is Sunday, and Vicki Sola's "Que Viva La Musica" will air a preparade special noon to 4 p.m. Saturday on WFDU-FM (89.1).... WBG0-FM (88.3) fans may experience technical difficulties this month.

Jazz88 is installing a new transmitter and warns of intermittent "blackouts." Station officials request listeners to "please stand by." According to published reports, Opie and Anthony have signed a multiyear contract with WNEW-FM (102.7). Staff Writer Raymond A. Edel's e-mail address is TUBETALK THEN YANCY BUTLER: Talk about being typeNOW cast. Butler's been in four series and has played a crime fighter in all of them. First she was Sgt.

Eve Edison, a cyborg partnered with L.A. detective Bob Mann (David Andrews) in "Mann and Machine." She then moved on to brief runs as con artist-turned-federal-agent Kate Patrick in "South Beach," and was Officer Anne-Marie Kersey in "Brooklyn South." Next week, she's back for her second season as Sara Pezzini, a New York detective who battles dark forces in "Witchblade" (9 p.m. Tuesday, TNT). 'Big' changes are in store CBS' "Big Brother" will kick off its second season July Actress-comic Tracey Ullman is coming back to TV, 5 with major changes. Under new boss Arnold Shapiro veteran producer of such reality specials as "Rescue 911" and "Scared Straight" "Brother" will look remarkably like its more successful CBS cousin, "Survivor." Here's how: This time around, housemates will compete in challenges for food and luxury items.

Contestants not viewers will vote each other out every week. In the season finale, losers will return to choose the $500,000 winner. Twelve housemates instead of 10 will compete as 38 cameras (up from 28) record their every move. The new "Brother" will air in hour-long segments 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Last season it ran up, to six times a week, usually in 30-minute pops. Other changes: A basketball hoop will replace the chicken coop. The house, expanded from 1,800 to 2,400 square feet, will have upscale furniture instead of utilitarian pieces. "Brother" is expected to run for 11 weeks. Friday Evening DIS ENC HBO HB02 HB03 MOVIES MAX MAX2 SHOW SHOW2 STARZ TMC and cable's Oxygen has her.

The new "Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines," slated to premiere in September, will look at how fashion has infiltrated various facets of life from entertainment to politics to rock-and-roll. In every half-hour episode, a celebrity guest will join Ullman, bringing items from his or her closet to discuss. Last year, girls with "Destiny's Child" dreams auditioned for The WB's "Popstars." Now, performers with "Eden's Crush" ambitions can try out for a second season. The network is holding open auditions this time for men and women in six cities. "Popstars 2" is looking for 18- to 25-year-olds who can sing, dance, and "handle the pressures of instant The scouts will begin their search Saturday in New York, and travel to Los Angeles next Friday, San Francisco on June 19, Chicago on June 23, and Washington, D.C., on June 27 before wrapping in Miami July 1.

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